It's my understanding that the automatic chain of succession only occurs if both the Vice President and President were lost at the same time.
If kamala were impeached today, biden would just nominate a shoe in that both sides would agree to and get a new one in asap. But on the other hand if things move quickly then it might work impeaching them separately. Ford took 2 months to get confirmed as replacement for Agnew.
If POTUS goes, then VP automatically ascends. We don't want Harris to ascend, so remove her first. Biden won't get a nominee replacement approved, so VP remains vacant. Then remove Biden. Boom, now a vacany for POTUS and without a VP, next up is Speaker.
It's my understanding that the automatic chain of succession only occurs if both the Vice President and President were lost at the same time.
If kamala were impeached today, biden would just nominate a shoe in that both sides would agree to and get a new one in asap. But on the other hand if things move quickly then it might work impeaching them separately. Ford took 2 months to get confirmed as replacement for Agnew.
If POTUS goes, then VP automatically ascends. We don't want Harris to ascend, so remove her first. Biden won't get a nominee replacement approved, so VP remains vacant. Then remove Biden. Boom, now a vacany for POTUS and without a VP, next up is Speaker.